Twin Hills Public School, Okmulgee OK

Original Research by School Decision on Twin Hills Public School

Twin Hills Public School serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a rural setting on the outskirts of Okmulgee. Because the school stops at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. The school draws its enrollment of several hundred students from the Twin Hills district, a separate entity from the Okmulgee Public Schools that serve the city proper.

The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial American Indian or Alaska Native population and smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races or as Hispanic. The demographic mix reflects the area’s broader population, which includes the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's tribal presence. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, who receive special education services, or who are English learners were not available.

On the most recent state assessments, the school’s results present a mixed picture. In fourth-grade math, a strong majority of students scored proficient or above, a standout result. Most other tested grades in math showed proficiency rates that were considerably lower, with some grades falling well below a quarter of students reaching that bar. In English language arts, fourth-grade performance was again the relative high point, while other grades clustered in a lower range. Science results for fifth and eighth grades were suppressed, so no conclusion can be drawn there. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among districts in Okmulgee County. A parent considering this school would want to look into how the school supports students in the middle and upper grades, where proficiency rates drop off.

Okmulgee itself has seen a long-term population decline from a peak during the 1920s oil boom. The town has a historic downtown district and serves as the county seat and the capital of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Major employers include the tribal government, manufacturers like Paccar Winch and Tate & Lyle, and Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. Housing values in the area are well below state and national medians, and they have recently declined from the prior year.

No parent-relevant changes, such as boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership shifts, were found for the Twin Hills district in publicly available sources. The school's website was not provided in the data, so a parent looking for current information on clubs, after-school activities, or specific academic supports may need to contact the school directly.

For a family deciding where to send a child, Twin Hills Public School offers a pre-K-through-8 pathway in a small, rural district with a diverse student body. The academic picture is uneven: strong fourth-grade results stand out, but performance in most other grades is lower, and a parent should expect to be an active partner in monitoring their child's progress through the middle school years. The absence of high school grades means families must plan for a transition to another school for ninth grade, likely either Okmulgee High School or an option outside the district.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 38 pts above state median

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 67%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▲ 5 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 22%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 728%

School 28% · District 28%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▲ 4 pts above state median

This schoolTWIN HILLS, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income64%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income46%25 pp gap